Characters: Sasuke Sarutobi x Reader.
Rating: General.
Word count: 978 words
Warning/s: None, just a dork’s inner thoughts.
Author note: This is very short, but I swear I put my heart into it, Sasuke is my bias and best boi I just adore him so much but my brain is fried from all the work I’ve been doing for the past months, please forgive me for taking so long to write this!!
First of many
He couldn’t help but keep looking at his phone.
It was beyond all logic to think that alternating between looking over his phone and his wristwatch could make time move faster.
You and he had decided it would be fun to try to have the “first date” experience, even if you had what he thought was the “Perfect Falling in Love Story in Sengoku Era”. As two people that had lived most of their lives in the 21st century, having a first date was a must for your relationship to progress according to his perfectly crafted plan for the future you’d share together.
But back to what was important, Sasuke had arrived half an hour early at the place you agreed on meeting after work. He would have normally covered all his tasks for the day, not minding the extra time spent, but this time he rushed so fast from his workplace everyone was surprised that Mikumo Sasuke had other plans.
He had double—no, triple-checked his messages with you to confirm that he hadn’t gotten the hour wrong or the place. He had checked himself over and over, cleaning his glasses with a cloth, fixing his hair into place, folding his cardigan neatly as it rested now on his arm —in case you didn’t have a sweater and he could offer you his as part of the date experience—.
Sasuke had to take some time to think, maybe something came up at work and you had to stay for a minute more? No, you’d message him to tell him. Maybe you were stuck in the traffic? No, not at this hour.
His phone vibrated in his hand, and he almost jumped, having been pulled out of his deep thoughts.
Moon of my Life: Look behind you! [3:45 pm]
Sasuke turned as fast as humanly possible —for a moderately awesome ninja—, only to see you and—he stood dumbfounded for a second, or more, at the sight of you dazzling like the brightest star.
Dear celestial bodies, everything seemed so bright every time he laid his eyes on you.
Having the first date experience was worth it even if everything inside him became a mess, the good kind of a mess as you walked toward him, waving your hand to say hi.
Sasuke had to swallow hard and regain his composure to ensure his perfectly crafted plan was not ruined by his strong desire to just hurry toward you and kiss the air out of your lungs.
He did walk toward you until you were face to face.
“I am not late, am I? Work kept me a bit busier than I expected. Sorry if I made you wait.” You smiled apologetically, bowing at your waist.
“No worries. I arrived just a few minutes ago. We are still quite early from the time we agreed on meeting. How was work today?”
He didn’t mention the extra 30 minutes he spent waiting in fear of you thinking he might be too intense for a first date —even if you had spent three months together already—.
“I forgot how boring office meetings can be, there was a moment I tried to imagine I was back at the War Council with the Oda Forces to keep myself focused, but it's never the same without Ieyasu throwing his venom at Mitsunari or Mitsuhide making Hideyoshi steam off his ears.” You sighed dramatically to make a point about how dull your day had been. Or maybe it was that you had too many emotions the last three months that everything else seemed too normal or too calm for your taste.
Sasuke nodded. “While I enjoy doing lab work, the adrenaline of a new simulation can’t ever compare to the adrenaline of being chased down the hall by Kenshin-sama.”
You let out a giggle, nodding your head in understanding with a voice heavy with emotion. “I would be lying if I didn’t miss all of them.”
Nope, nope, nope. Sasuke told himself, it was not the time to dive deep into nostalgia and the sadness of leaving your friends 500 years behind.
He reached to fix a stray strand of your hair behind your ear, allowing himself to smile softly in reassurance, “We’ll go back. Trust me. There’s a 99.97% chance another wormhole will open in a few months.”
It was a 43.67% chance, but he didn’t want to worry you with his fatal stats about going back to the place you had started to consider your home to make a life together.
Yet, your smile, trusting and soft made him think that no matter the chances, you were going to make it back safe.
“Shall we go now?” You asked, pulling him out of his thoughts once more.
“Ah, yes. Miss?” Sasuke turned to his side and offered you his arm, with a small giggle you linked yours before you started walking toward the path that led to the museum.
First a walk around the art museum you had suggested, then dinner at a fancy café he had wanted to visit but his job had kept him too busy from visiting, and to wrap things up, you’ll stop by the pedestrian bridge to see the stars above, maybe even joke about how the strong artificial lights from the city didn’t allow a clear view of the night sky in comparison of the sights the Sengoku era had gifted you.
He had all his pickup lines prepared for the occasion, some with the intent of making you laugh at how dorky they were.
It might not be your first-first date, but it was the first one you spent on the modern day you had been so accustomed to, so he had wanted to make it special, a day you both could remember once you were hopefully back in time.